Defining the process to literature searching in systematic reviews: a literature review of guidance and supporting studies [PDF]
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2018 Background Systematic literature searching is recognised as a critical component of the systematic review process. It involves a systematic search for studies and aims for a transparent report of study identification, leaving readers clear about what was
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Comparison of Elicit AI and Traditional Literature Searching in Evidence Syntheses Using Four Case Studies [PDF]
Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and MethodsBackground Elicit AI aims to simplify and accelerate the systematic review process without compromising accuracy. However, research on Elicit's performance is limited.
Oscar Lau, Su Golder
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Literature searching methods or guidance and their application to public health topics: A narrative review. [PDF]
Health Info Libr J, 2022 Heath A, Levay P, Tuvey D.
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Searching the Grey Literature: A handbook for searching reports, working papers, and other unpublished research [PDF]
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 2019 Readers of Searching the Grey Literature: A Handbook for Searching Reports, Working Papers, and Other Unpublished Research should come away with a basic knowledge of the range and complexity of grey literature, as well as where it falls within the larger
Jackie Phinney
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The Role of Google Scholar in Evidence Reviews and Its Applicability to Grey Literature Searching. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 Haddaway NR +3 more
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Literature searching and searching for facts [PDF]
, 2014 Contents: Part 1 Literature searching -- Bibliographies, article indexes and journal collections -- Databases and library catalogues -- Digital archives, web portals and link collections -- Part 2 Searching for facts -- Country sources -- News services -- Subject related information -- References -- Subject related databases -- Web ...
Andersson, Marianne
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Searching the Medical Literature [PDF]
Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research, 2004 Medical literature searches have become more complex because of the increasing amount of published material and the multiple available databases indexing those publications. Although newly graduated physicians may have received some training in literature searching as part of a medical school curriculum, most clinicians have received no formal training
Cheri G, Smith +2 more
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Determining COVID-19’s impact on an academic medical library’s literature search service
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2022 Objective: At many institutions, literature search services are an important aspect of health science librarianship. This exploratory study analyzes how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the use of an academic hospital medical library’s literature search ...
Courtney Wombles +2 more
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Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2021 Objective: We previously developed draft MEDLINE and Embase (Ovid) geographic search filters for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries to assess their feasibility for finding evidence about the countries.
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Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2021 Objective: We aimed to determine overlaps and optimal combination of multiple database retrieval and citation tracking for evidence synthesis, based on a previously conducted scoping review on facilitators and barriers to implementing nurse-led ...
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